[PRCo] Re: Next Car Light Question

[Jerry MATT Matsick]

John
It wasn't Art waiting for the car, it was my family and another family both from Donora, and I don't think
the Charleroi Car driver knew where we were from?    We were passed by several times and at other
times the Charleroi car stopped?    
Jerry Matsick
--
>From the RIVER CITY by the Sea! 
Jerry "Matt" Matsick 
J A C K S O N V I L L E, Florida ! 


-------------- Original message from John Swindler <j_swindler at hotmail.com>: -------------- 


> Hi Art 
> 
> Were you the only ones waiting for the car?? 
> Drivers/motormen tend to know their customers when service is infrequent and they have picked a particular run. They knew your mother and they knew where she was going on a Sunday morning. You were watching the trolley - you were not watching to see if your mother signaled the motorman she did not want the 
> Charleroi car. 
> That's one of the problems I have when visiting small systems - getting the driver to stop at the bus stop. He knows his customers, and I'm not one of them. That's why, when I set up the appointment, I tell the manager that it's 
> ok to let his driver's know that a stranger will ride a couple of the trips. 
> 
> John 
> > From: trams2 at comcast.net> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Next Car Light Question> Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:38:13 -0400> > Perhaps Tom Phillips could shed some light on this. > > -----Original Message-----> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org> 
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Fred> 
> Schneider> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 4:24 PM> To: 
> pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Next Car Light Question> > 
> Have no idea. Perhaps he knew your mother was a Donora passenger? > Perhaps at 
> certain hours the Donora cars did the local work in > Monongahela? (Remember 
> that the Castle Shannon cars did all the > local work in the rush hours between 
> Pittsburgh and Frederick > Street). I never saw anything in the timetable about 
> Donora cars > running local and it does not make sense because there could have 
> been> people who would have wanted to get on and go to Charleroi so my thought 
> is> that the motor! 
> man recognized the people. I've given you > the speculative answer. The honest 
> answer is Fred doesn't know.> > > On Jul 11, 2008, at 4:09 PM, Jerry MATT 
> Matsick wrote:> > > Fred -> > When I was just a youngster in the 1940s we would 
> ride a Donora car to > > Monongahela and attend a church there, upon return we 
> would stand > > across the street from the FBC in Monongahela and> > The 
> Charleroi car would come by and not stop? We would wait and > > get on the 
> Donora car? Why would> > the Charleroi car not stop?> > --> > From the RIVER 
> CITY by the Sea!> > Jerry "Matt" Matsick> > J A C K S O N V I L L E, Florida !> 
> >> > > > 
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